Virtual Worlds: A Journey in Hype and HyperrealityBenjamin Woolley, 1993 - 274 pagina's In Virtual Worlds, Benjamin Woolley examines the reality of virtual reality. He looks at the dramatic intellectual and cultural upheavals that gave birth to it, the hype that surrounds it, the people who have promoted it, and the dramatic implications of its development. Virtual reality is not simply a technology, it is a way of thinking created and promoted by a group of technologists and thinkers that sees itself as creating our future. Virtual Worlds reveals the politics and culture of these virtual realists, and examines whether they are creating reality, or losing their grasp of it. 12 photographs. |
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... beyond the journalist's 1,000-word event horizon. This book is dedicated to The Listener, which closed on 3 January 1991 after 62 years of publication. INTRODUCTION In our days everything seems pregnant with its contrary. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
... beyond the journalist's 1,000-word event horizon. This book is dedicated to The Listener, which closed on 3 January 1991 after 62 years of publication. INTRODUCTION In our days everything seems pregnant with its contrary. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
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... words, seems to have both destroyed reality and reinforced it. As we enter the so-called post-industrial era, the crisis continues. It is a favourite theme of nearly all commentaries about the times we live in. There is a 'legitimation ...
... words, seems to have both destroyed reality and reinforced it. As we enter the so-called post-industrial era, the crisis continues. It is a favourite theme of nearly all commentaries about the times we live in. There is a 'legitimation ...
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... words that are presented as having meaning independent of history, are no use. We need new ones: 'neologism is ... word is possible but Sininess. Unlovely? One should at least get some consolation from the fact that conceptual neologisms ...
... words that are presented as having meaning independent of history, are no use. We need new ones: 'neologism is ... word is possible but Sininess. Unlovely? One should at least get some consolation from the fact that conceptual neologisms ...
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... words were spoken by Dr Timothy Leary, the Harvard academic and patron of the 1960s drug culture, who invited a generation to 'tune in, turn on, drop out', and may well have attended enough meetings held by non-human beings to be in a ...
... words were spoken by Dr Timothy Leary, the Harvard academic and patron of the 1960s drug culture, who invited a generation to 'tune in, turn on, drop out', and may well have attended enough meetings held by non-human beings to be in a ...
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... and Dataglove connected to the same system, the two wearers could meet them in this world, though their bodies would take the form of cartoon characters. The Autodesk demonstration was called 'Cyberspace' — a word taken.
... and Dataglove connected to the same system, the two wearers could meet them in this world, though their bodies would take the form of cartoon characters. The Autodesk demonstration was called 'Cyberspace' — a word taken.
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